Coffee cups & mugs
Coffee Cups & Mugs
Japanese coffee cups and mugs bring the same ceramic sensibility to daily coffee drinking that Japanese teacups bring to tea, an attention to material, form and weight that makes the experience of drinking from them noticeably different from using mass-produced alternatives. Many of the options here are produced by small artisan studios and regional kilns whose potters bring decades of craft knowledge to objects that will be used several times a day for years. That continuity of use is part of what makes a well-made ceramic cup worth choosing carefully.
The Japanese coffee cup tradition draws from the country's deep ceramic history while engaging actively with modern specialty coffee culture. Cups from Hasami porcelain, for example, are designed around the practical requirements of contemporary coffee service, they stack efficiently, come in sizes suited to espresso, filter coffee and lattes, and are produced with a consistency of form that makes them work well in both domestic and commercial settings. Their clean, restrained aesthetic suits virtually any interior and does not compete visually with the coffee it serves.
At the other end of the aesthetic spectrum, the hand-thrown stoneware mugs from individual potters in Mino, Mashiko and other craft regions have a warmth and irregularity that the most careful industrial production cannot replicate. The slight variations in glaze thickness, the small marks left by the maker's hands, the way the weight of the mug shifts slightly from one to the next, these are qualities that some coffee drinkers find actively enhances the experience of the morning cup.
Sizes range from 80 ml espresso demitasse to 350 ml large mugs for long filter coffee, with a full range of pour-over and cappuccino sizes between them. All are made in Japan and chosen for quality of material and making.
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Pair with our Hasami porcelain pieces or browse all our drinkware.
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